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diff --git a/‎java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/NewSessionPayload.java‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 2 deletions b/‎java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/NewSessionPayload.java‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 2 deletions
diff --git a/‎java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/NewSessionPayloadTest.java‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 20 deletions b/‎java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/NewSessionPayloadTest.java‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 20 deletions
@@ -251,8 +251,7 @@ public Set<Dialect> getDownstreamDialects() {
   }
 
   public Map<String, Object> getMetadata() {
-    Set<String> ignoredMetadataKeys =
-        Set.of("capabilities", "requiredCapabilities");
+    Set<String> ignoredMetadataKeys = Set.of("capabilities");
 
     try (Reader reader =
             new InputStreamReader(backingStore.asByteSource().openBufferedStream(), UTF_8);
 
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.openqa.selenium.json.Json.MAP_TYPE;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -196,23 +195,6 @@ void forwardsMetaDataAssociatedWithARequest() throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
-  @Test
-  void doesNotForwardRequiredCapabilitiesAsTheseAreVeryLegacy() throws IOException {
-    try (NewSessionPayload payload =
-        NewSessionPayload.create(
-            ImmutableMap.of(
-                "capabilities",
-                EMPTY_MAP,
-                "requiredCapabilities",
-                singletonMap("key", "so it's not empty")))) {
-      StringBuilder toParse = new StringBuilder();
-      payload.writeTo(toParse);
-      Map<String, Object> seen = new Json().toType(toParse.toString(), MAP_TYPE);
-
-      assertNull(seen.get("requiredCapabilities"));
-    }
-  }
-
   @Test
   void shouldPreserveMetadata() throws IOException {
     Map<String, Object> raw =
@@ -263,8 +245,7 @@ void nullValuesInMetaDataAreIgnored() {
   void keysUsedForStoringCapabilitiesAreIgnoredFromMetadata() {
     Map<String, Object> raw =
         ImmutableMap.of(
-            "capabilities", singletonMap("alwaysMatch", singletonMap("browserName", "cheese")),
-            "desiredCapabilities", emptyMap());
+            "capabilities", singletonMap("alwaysMatch", singletonMap("browserName", "cheese")));
 
     try (NewSessionPayload payload = NewSessionPayload.create(raw)) {
       Map<String, Object> seen = payload.getMetadata();
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -251,8 +251,7 @@ public Set<Dialect> getDownstreamDialects() {`
`251`	`251`	`}`
`252`	`252`
`253`	`253`	`public Map<String, Object> getMetadata() {`
`254`		`- Set<String> ignoredMetadataKeys =`
`255`		`- Set.of("capabilities", "requiredCapabilities");`
	`254`	`+ Set<String> ignoredMetadataKeys = Set.of("capabilities");`
`256`	`255`
`257`	`256`	`try (Reader reader =`
`258`	`257`	`new InputStreamReader(backingStore.asByteSource().openBufferedStream(), UTF_8);`